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Sophy's Fine Thai & Cambodian Cuisine

Sophy's Fine Thai & Cambodian Cuisine

3240 E. Pacific Coast Highway

Long Beach, CA 90804

562-494-1763

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Thank goodness Sophy's Fine Thai & Cambodian Cuisine's previous landlord in Long Beach's Cambodia town refused to renew the lease; otherwise, Sophy Khut and her crew wouldn't have had the chance to expand. The new PCH digs is four times the space, and it has its own parking lot. Don't take this to mean that finding a spot is any easier. Word has gotten out on the migration. Regulars who followed Sophy's from Anaheim Street crowd alongside newcomers. You can tell the newbies easily: They'll be the ones ordering the pad Thai. Though the Thai classic is done well, it's not nearly as zippy or compelling as the electrically charged chan pu. Those more knowledgeable about Cambodia's deep and dangerous cuisine will venture into Sophy's beef jerky next: gnarled and crispy deep-fried logs of meat, twisted and sooty black, as deeply flavored as they are addictive. Advanced players will ascend to the sadao salads, featuring an innocent baby's-breath-like plant that packs a knee-buckling quinine astringency. Go ahead, try it: It's good for you!

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